4G CLXXiiL GRAMiNE^. (J. D. Iloolccr.) iranicum. 



far from satisfied that I have not erred in the synonyms cited for these three species, 

 which are almost inextricably mixed. For a ICHrned discussion on the Millet, tlie 

 cnltivation of which in Europe dates from prehistoric times, see A. de Candolle's 

 " Online de Plantes Cultiv^s" p. 302. Mnnro has attached the following: to a speci- 

 men from Bomhrtv (Woodrow, No. 89), " I believe this to be an uncultivated form of 

 P, miliaceiim "—it has 9pinuIo?ely toothed scabrid leaves, and a perfectly erect 

 panicle with very long erect branches, and few spikelets. 



32. P. xniliare, Lamlc. III. Gen. 173 ; leavea linear "hairy base rounded, 

 panicle contracted or thyrsiform much branched erect or nodding, branches 

 slender erect alternate, spikelets -j^-^ in, solitary or geminate usually 

 shorter than their pedicels turgidly ovoid or ellipsoid acute, gl. 1 = 5 ^^^ 

 broadly ovate acute ^5-nerved, nerves arching, II ovate-lanceolate 

 11-13-uerved, III 9-nerved paleate neuter, IV from oblong to broadly 

 ovate acnte shining often 3-5-streaked dorsally. Eottl. in Nene Schrift. 

 Ges. Naturf. Berol iv. (1803) 83 ; Roxh. FL Ind.i. 309; Wall. Cat. 8712 

 C. in part, F. G. H. I. ; Wight Gat. n. 1H29 ; Kunth Enum. PI. i. 104 ; Trim. 

 Cot. Ceyl. PI 105; Aitchis. Cat. Punjab PI 159; Neen Fl. Afr. Austr. 

 40; Duthie Grass. X.W. Ind. 5, Field. & Gurd. Crops. 7, t. 26, Indig. Fodd. 

 Ora^s. t. 46, Fodd. Grass. N. Ind. 10. P. attenuatum, Willd. Enum. 

 Ilort. Berol. 1033; Nees Agrost. Bras. 173; Trin. Bisfi. ii. 226. P. 

 bievifolium, Balh. ex Nees FL Afr. Austr, 40. P. Menieri, Koen. ex Nees 

 Lr. P. miliaceum, Thtc. Enum. PL ZeyL 360. P. miliaceum, var. BottL 

 in Ncuc Schrift. I. c. P. musciparum. Herb. Linn, ex Munro in Journ. 

 Linn. Sor. vi. (1862) 39. P. psilopodiura, Wight Gat. n. 1633a. P. 

 flimplfx, BottL ex Trin, Gram. Panic. 216; Steud. Syn. Grant. 67, P» 

 eumatrenae, Both Nov. Sp. 50; Kunth I.e. — Panicum, Wall. Gat. n. 8718 B, 

 8720. 



Cultivated or naturalized (or native ?) throughout India and Ceylon.— Disteib. 

 Tropics cult. * 



AunuuL Stem 1-3 ft., ratlier slender, erect or base geniculate, simple or branched, 

 nsTially leafy np to tbe panicle. Leaves 1-2 ft. by J-1 in., flat, and sheaths rarelv 

 hirsute with tubercle-biised hairs, acute or acuminate ; lie:ule a narrow row of 

 hairs. Panicle 2-10 in., lower branches long, pedicels of spikelets sometimes i in- 

 ^iHfc?f^5 glabrous, rather flattened, usually green or purplis-h; gl. I variable, whit*% 

 uiembranous, margins overlapping at the base, nerves arching and anastomosing; H 

 and III herbaceons ; palea of III as long as its gl. — If I remember aright jP. miliare 

 *ii8 conjectured by Munro to be a cultivated form of P. psilopodiurn ; and except in 

 tlHj greater size, more contracted panicle, rather larger spikelets and ur^ually shortej 

 pedicels of P. miliare I fliil to find characters whereby to separate them, «"** 

 these are not very reliable. In its common state the grain of miliare is broader than in 

 any form of psUopodium and much darker colrd. P. simplex, Rottl. is a weak flncci*' 

 form from Tranqr.cbar, growing in shade. Trinius distintrnishesit from P.psilopodiumi 

 by the scabrid pedicels of the spikelets, but they are quite glabrous in Hottler's speci- 

 men of simplejc. I am not at all satisfied that I have rightly identified the synonymy 

 of this and P. psilopodiurn. 



Var, hirtum ; upper leaf-i^hcaths with long spreadinghairs. P. hirtum, Wall. msS' 

 in Birh. Linn. Soc. Panicum, Wall. Cat. n. 8718 (m ^ari).— Burma, Wallicf^*;^ 

 WalHch's sheet has three ditferent looking plants; viz. 87 18 A, from Malloon, witli 

 the panicle of psilopodiurn , and hirsute sheaths; B from the banks of the Irawadtly 

 with hirsute sheaths and the panicle of miliare ; along with these is a plant with* 

 similar panicle to the last but with glabrous sheaths. 



33. P. psilopodiurn, Trin. Grain. Panic. 217 ; leaves narrow glabrous 

 base rounded, panicle effuse branches capillary at length spreading, spi^^' 

 lete^VI in< geminate ovate-lanceolate acute, pedicels capillary usually 



